Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint is an English actor who rose to fame for his role as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series, for which he was cast at age eleven.
Born in Harlow, Essex, he attended Richard Hale School, in Hertford. While in school, he took an avid interest in theatre.
Grint started performing in school productions and later joined the Top Hat Stage and Screen School, a local theatre group that cast him as a fish in Noah’s Ark and a donkey in a nativity play.
He left school at sixteen to focus on his acting career, saying he “didn’t really like school that much”.
Grint started casting for the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the best-selling novel by J. K. Rowling in 1999.
A year later, he again played Ron in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. It opened to positive reviews and critics generally enjoyed the lead actors’ performances.
In January 2011, Grint made a brief appearance on the BBC popular comedy show Come Fly with Me.
Since 2019, he has starred as Julian Pearce in the Apple TV+ psychological horror series Servant.
Does Rupert Grint still act? What does Rupert Grint do now?
Yes, after taking a year off from acting when Harry Potter ended, Rupert decided to give it a go again.
At first, he was offered a lot of material similar to his sidekick role in the wizarding franchise, but the actor held off for some more edgy and serious roles.